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most citedA new measurement of the Hubble constant using Type Ia supernovae calibrated with surface brightness fluctuations

130 citations · 625 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Normal or transitional? The evolution and properties of two type Ia supernovae in the Virgo cluster

L. Izzo, C. Gall, N. Khetan +47

Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are among the most precise cosmological distance indicators used to study the expansion history of the Universe. The vast increase of SN Ia data due to…

astro-ph.HE2024

SN 2021foa: The "Flip-Flop" Type IIn / Ibn supernova

D. Farias, C. Gall, G. Narayan +29

We present a comprehensive analysis of the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of SN~2021foa, unique among the class of transitional supernovae for repeatedly changing its spec…

astro-ph.HE2024

Double "acct": a distinct double-peaked supernova matching pulsational pair-instability models

C. R. Angus, S. E. Woosley, R. J. Foley +35

We present multi-wavelength data of SN2020acct, a double-peaked stripped-envelope supernova (SN) in NGC2981 at ~150 Mpc. The two peaks are temporally distinct, with maxima separate…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 2 cited

SN2023ixf in Messier 101: the twilight years of the progenitor as seen by Pan-STARRS

Conor L. Ransome, V. Ashley Villar, Anna Tartaglia +28

The nearby type II supernova, SN2023ixf in M101 exhibits signatures of early-time interaction with circumstellar material in the first week post-explosion. This material may be the…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

SN 2022oqm: A Bright and Multi-peaked Calcium-rich Transient

S. Karthik Yadavalli, V. Ashley Villar, Luca Izzo +60

We present the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of SN 2022oqm, a nearby multi-peaked hydrogen- and helium-weak calcium-rich transient (CaRT). SN 2022oqm was detected 13.1 kp…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

Flight of the Bumblebee: the Early Excess Flux of Type Ia Supernova 2023bee revealed by , and Young Supernova Experiment Observations

Qinan Wang, Armin Rest, Georgios Dimitriadis +41

We present high-cadence ultraviolet through near-infrared observations of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) 2023bee in NGC~2708 ( Mpc), finding excess flux in the first d…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 3 cited

The restframe ultraviolet of superluminous supernovae -- I. Potential as cosmological probes

Nandita Khetan, Jeff Cooke, Marica Branchesi

Superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) have been detected to and can be detected to using current and upcoming facilities. SLSNe are extremely UV luminous, and henc…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 26 cited

SN 2022ann: A type Icn supernova from a dwarf galaxy that reveals helium in its circumstellar environment

K. W. Davis, K. Taggart, S. Tinyanont +64

We present optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations of the Type Icn supernova (SN Icn) 2022ann, the fifth member of its newly identified class of SNe. Its early optical spectra…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 49 cited

The Young Supernova Experiment Data Release 1 (YSE DR1): Light Curves and Photometric Classification of 1975 Supernovae

P. D. Aleo, K. Malanchev, S. Sharief +80

We present the Young Supernova Experiment Data Release 1 (YSE DR1), comprised of processed multi-color Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) griz and Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) gr photometry of 1…

gr-qc2022★ 18 cited

Virgo Detector Characterization and Data Quality: tools

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +491

Detector characterization and data quality studies -- collectively referred to as {\em DetChar} activities in this article -- are paramount to the scientific exploitation of the jo…

gr-qc2022★ 60 cited

Virgo Detector Characterization and Data Quality: results from the O3 run

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +491

The Advanced Virgo detector has contributed with its data to the rapid growth of the number of detected gravitational-wave (GW) signals in the past few years, alongside the two Adv…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 1 cited

A fast rising tidal disruption event from a candidate intermediate mass black hole

C. R. Angus, V. F. Baldassare, B. Mockler +36

Massive black holes (BHs) at the centres of massive galaxies are ubiquitous. The population of BHs within dwarf galaxies, on the other hand, is evasive. Dwarf galaxies are thought…

gr-qc2022★ 7 cited

Virgo Detector Characterization and Data Quality during the O3 run

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +491

The Advanced Virgo detector has contributed with its data to the rapid growth of the number of detected gravitational-wave signals in the past few years, alongside the two LIGO ins…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 9 cited

The Hubble constant from two sibling Type Ia supernovae in the nearby galaxy NGC 4414: SN 1974G and SN 2021J

Eulalia Gallego-Cano, Luca Izzo, Carlos Dominguez-Tagle +4

Having two "sibling" Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the same galaxy offers additional advantages in reducing a variety of systematic errors involved in estimating the Hubble consta…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 34 cited

The Circumstellar Environments of Double-Peaked, Calcium-strong Supernovae 2021gno and 2021inl

Wynn Jacobson-Galán, Padma Venkatraman, Raffaella Margutti +42

We present panchromatic observations and modeling of calcium-strong supernovae (SNe) 2021gno in the star-forming host galaxy NGC 4165 (D = 30.5 Mpc) and 2021inl in the outskirts of…

gr-qc2022★ 22 cited

The Virgo O3 run and the impact of the environment

F. Acernese, M. Agathos, A. Ain +486

Sources of geophysical noise (such as wind, sea waves and earthquakes) or of anthropogenic noise impact ground-based gravitational-wave interferometric detectors, causing transient…

gr-qc2020★ 98 cited

Lunar Gravitational-Wave Antenna

Jan Harms, Filippo Ambrosino, Lorella Angelini +51

Monitoring of vibrational eigenmodes of an elastic body excited by gravitational waves was one of the first concepts proposed for the detection of gravitational waves. At laborator…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 55 cited

Comparing inclination dependent analyses of kilonova transients

J. Heinzel, M. W. Coughlin, T. Dietrich +7

The detection of AT2017gfo proved that binary neutron star mergers are progenitors of kilonovae. Using a combination of numerical-relativity and radiative-transfer simulations, the…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 47 cited

Measuring the Hubble Constant with a sample of kilonovae

Michael W. Coughlin, Sarah Antier, Tim Dietrich +7

Kilonovae produced by the coalescence of compact binaries with at least one neutron star are promising standard sirens for an independent measurement of the Hubble constant ()…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 130 cited

A new measurement of the Hubble constant using Type Ia supernovae calibrated with surface brightness fluctuations

N. Khetan, L. Izzo, M. Branchesi +15

We present a new calibration of the peak absolute magnitude of SNe Type Ia based on the Surface Brightness Fluctuations (SBF) method, aimed at measuring the value of the Hubble con…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 57 cited

On standardizing kilonovae and their use as standard candles to measure the Hubble constant

Michael W. Coughlin, Tim Dietrich, Jack Heinzel +6

The detection of GW170817 is revolutionizing many areas of astrophysics with the joint observation of gravitational waves and electromagnetic emissions. These multi-messenger event…